I'm going to the mall. Do you want to come along?

come apart to break into pieces

This old coat is coming apart.

come back to return

What time will you be coming back?

come down to fall or become lower

The price of oil is coming down.

come down with something to get an illness

I think I'm coming down with a cold.

come from somewhere or something

1 The place that you come from is where you were born

or where you live

come from Texas. Where do you come from?

to be made from something or produced somewhere Wool comes from sheep.

come in to enter a place Come in and sit down.

come off something to become removed from something

The handle has come off this cup.

come on! words that you use for telling someone to hurry

or to try harder

Come on! We'll be late!

come out to appear

The rain stopped and the sun came out.

His first novel came out in 2004.

come over to visit a person in their house not very far away

Can you come over for dinner tomorrow night?

come up

to happen

I'm going to be late tonight — something's come up at work.

to be mentioned or discussed The subject of religion came up.

come up with something to find an answer or a solution to something

I'm trying to come up with new ways of saving money.

how come ...? ( informal )

why...?

How come you're here so early?

to come

in the future

You'll regret it in years to come.

come • back / ' kAmbrek / noun [ count ]

a return to a strong or important position that you had before

The former world champion is hoping to make a comeback .

co • me • di • an / ka midian / noun [ count ]

a person whose job is to make people laugh

com e dy / ' kamadi / noun [ count ] ( plural com e dies )

a funny play or movie a romantic comedy

com et / ' kamat / noun [ count ]

a thing in the sky that moves around the sun. A comet looks like a bright star with a tail.

com fort1 / ' kAmfart / noun

[ noncount ] having everything your body needs; being without pain or problems

They have enough money to live in comfort .

[ count ] a person or thing that helps you or makes life better

Her children were a comfort to her when she was sick. com fort 2 / ' kAmfart / verb ( com forts , com fort ing , com fort ed )

to make someone feel less unhappy or worried A mother was comforting her crying son.

com .fort .a . Ые © / 'kunftorbl / adjective

nice to sit in, to be in, or to wear This is a very comfortable bed. comfortable shoes

physically relaxed; without pain or fear that something bad will happen

Sit down and make yourself comfortable .

Are you comfortable with letting him stay in your house

while you're away? —ANTONYM uncomfortable ► com fort a bly / ' kAmftarbli / adverb If you're all sitting comfortably, then I'll begin.

com • ic 1 / kamik / ( also com • i • cal / kamikl / )

adjective

funny

a comic scene in a play

com • ic 2 / kamik / noun ( also com . ic book / ' kamik buk / ) [ count ] a magazine for children, with pictures that tell a story

com ma / ' kama / noun [ count ] ( plural com mas )

( english language arts ) a mark ( , ) that you use in

writing to separate parts of a sentence or things in a list

com • mand Ф / ko'maend / noun

1 [ count ] words that tell you that you must do something The soldiers must obey their general's commands.

—SYNONYM order

[ count ] ( computers ) an instruction to a computer to do something

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